Mahasamund — UN urban centre
Mahasamund: 90,248 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,877 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10721; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 21.1109, 82.0969. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 67,841 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,886 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 63,278 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 61,007 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 66,971 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 72,596 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 75,913 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 79,563 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 82,728 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 84,445 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 90,248 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 94,382 | Projection |
| 2035 | 96,753 | Projection |
| 2040 | 98,531 | Projection |
| 2045 | 101,495 | Projection |
| 2050 | 102,394 | Projection |
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